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Fixing the Onkyo TX-SR606 HDMI Switchboard problem
Mar 30th
My friend’s Onkyo amplifier broke down, and I self had some problems too with my Onkyo amp (TX-SR306). The problem was that video and audio did not get trough to the TV anymore. Or took 15 minutes to show up. Also the amp’s setup menu did not appear on the TV anymore.
I figured it had something to do with the HDMI switchboard in the amp, so I googled a bit and apparently its a well known issue. I came up with a video on youtube explaining how to fix this yourself quite easily. You only have to replace 5 capacitors on the switchboard. So I went to the store, got myself a soldering iron and 5 new capacitors (100uf 25v, 5mm) and started soldering, it took me about 40 minutes to complete and it works now brilliantly again! Beat this, Onkyo customer support. Thank you youtube video guy!
Some pics from before and after below.
Project #1: Installing and configuring Xen 3.0.3 on CentOS 5.4
Apr 28th
Hi there,
I don’t often write something to my blog, mostly because I can’t find the time or the subject to write about, or the subject I can disclose to the public that is ^^. Anyway, I want to bust two bugs in one slap. That is writing something that is helpful to anyone interested and also for an archive of my projects. Often I start a personal project, mostly it doesn’t get completed because i get pulled of due other projects that actually bring food on the table. But this time I’m approaching it from another direction. Making my projects public for anyone to read. This keeps me motivated to complete the project and hopefully get some nice feedback from it.
My first project I’m posting is installing Xen 3.0.3 on a fresh server. Recently I’ve sold my webhosting company because I did not have the time, nor the long-term motivation for it. I’ve sold the company including the servers. But I managed to keep one server for myself and friends. This server is going to be used in this project so that I and my friends can have their own Virtual Machine.
Note that this is entirely new for me, and I don’t have any experience on virtualization what so ever, if you can provide me with any helpful feedback it will be appreciated 
For some reason I have chosen to use Xen, why I don’t know exactly, other then its open source and according to the manual very easy to setup. I did look into other possibilities but it seems Xen is the most complete, and free software for virtualization. Also build by some of the most experienced companies out there, that gives me a big boost in confidence on support, communities etc.
I will update this post frequently on the status of the installation, how I did it and a complete log of installation commands that worked for my server. So if this post intrigues you, bookmark it!
Project is finished. This website is now running on a Virtual Machine! More >
Making local development a little bit easier on Mac OS X Leopard
Aug 20th
I’ve configured a local DNS server that makes it a little bit easier to develop locally, because i always work with local domains like e.g. project.local.dev i always had to add them to my host file, and that’s very annoying. I stumbled upon the little app DNS Enabler and it saves me allot of trouble installing a local DNS server, and it saves me allot of time! It costs 15 dollar but worth every penny. Whenever i add something in my addressbar, like blabla.local.dev it automatticly goes to a local folder on /data/www/blabla. This is how i did it:
Installing Apache, PHP (with xdebug) and MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard
Aug 19th
Actually, this is very easy to do, since Apache and PHP are already installed we only have to enable PHP, install MySQL and install xdebug.
Some people like to install other software like MAMP or XAMPP but i like to do it without installing other software other than Mac OS X shipped with, well of course we need to install some things but no all-in-one packages.
HowTo: Installing Subversion and Trac on CentOS 4
Aug 13th
I installed Subversion on a CentOS box with Trac, and although there are many, many howto’s on the web none of them seemed to work for my configuration. This is what i did, and worked for me on CentOS 4.
